With her 3 year-old daughter and husband at her side, 26
year-old Olga Custodio told the military sergeant, “You can write down anything
you want on that form, but I’m going to be a pilot, a pilot or a pilot.”
She then became the first Latina
to complete U.S. Air Force military pilot training. Custodio served for 24
years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. She then became
the first Latina
commercial airline captain. She flew for
American Airlines. She has flown for 11,000 hours and still enjoys flying. “Everything I did was for me and my family. I
was not out to prove anything. I didn’t even know I was the first
anything.”
Her advice to young Latinas: “I
tell them that this is what I love to do. I assure the girls that women do
indeed fly jets. But most importantly, I tell them they must each find
for themselves what they love to do. My mantra is ‘Querer es poder.’ I
believe everyone has the potential to do it. They just have to believe in
themselves enough to actually do it.”
By Graciela
Tiscareño-Sato
Fox News
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